Willi Frommelt

Willi Frommelt

Frommelt in 1978
Personal information
Born	(1952-11-18) 18 November 1952 (age 72) Schaan, Liechtenstein
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Technical events
Club	Skiclub Schaan
World Cup debut	1972
Retired	1979
Olympics
Teams	2
Medals	1
World Championships
Teams	4
Medals	4
World Cup
Seasons	8
Podiums	1
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing   Liechtenstein World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 0 0 1 International competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 0 1 3 Total 0 1 4 Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck Slalom World Championships 1976 Innsbruck Combined 1974 St. Moritz Dohnhill 1976 Innsbruck Slalom 1978 Garmisch Giant slalom

Willi Frommelt (born 18 November 1952) is a former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein who won a bronze medal in the slalom at the 1976 Olympics. ^{[1] [2]}

Curiously during his career, Frommelt had only one podium finish in the World Cup events but four at the Alpine Ski World Championships and in four different disciplines. ^{[1] [3]}

Biography

Frommelt is a son of Christof Frommelt, a cross-country skier and the Olympic flag bearer for Liechtenstein at the 1948 Games. At his first Olympics, in 1972, he competed in the downhill, slalom and giant slalom, but with little success. Two years later he won the first alpine skiing medal for Liechtenstein at world championships, a bronze in the downhill, and in 1978 he won another bronze, in the giant slalom. In 1976, he received a world championships silver for his combined results in the downhill, giant slalom and slalom at the 1976 Olympics – world championships were then combined with Olympics in the Olympic years, but the combined results did not count for the Olympics. He also became third in the slalom race (awarded with an Olympic bronze, and a bronze in the World Championships) - therefore he could gain four medals in four different disciplines. In the slalom (stated above) he was in lead after the first leg. - His capturing the bronze in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1974 was a great surprise, he did start with bib number 17.

After retiring from competitions Frommelt graduated in business management and worked as a financial planner for the National Bank of Liechtenstein. He was also active in politics with the centre-right Fortschrittliche Bürgerpartei and served a term as a municipal councillor. ^[1]

His brother Paul won another Olympic bronze medal for Liechtenstein, in 1988. His other brother, Peter, was international table tennis competitor. ^[1]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Willi Frommelt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
2. "Willi Frommelt profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
3. "Le "dinastie olimpiche" del principe". primosegnosport.com (in Italian). 17 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

External links

• Willi Frommelt at FIS (alpine)
• Willi Frommelt at Olympedia
• Willi Frommelt at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database